ROCKLAND COUNTY 



This county is situated in the southeastern part of the state, 

 the Hudson River lying on the east and New Jersey on the 

 south. It has an area of 117,120 acres. From north to south 

 it extends approximately 20 miles and from east to west 17 miles. 

 The population is .shewn in the following table. 



Population by Towns 



(Census of 1915) 



( hukstown* 7,931 Stony Point 3,721 



Haveratraw 9,266 ■ 



Orangctown 13,601 Total 46,903 



Ramapo 12 , 384 = 



*Xew City, in the town of Clarkstown. is the county Beat. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



Rockland County was taken from Orange County in 1798 and 

 is said to have included all that part of Orange already settled 

 when the county was erected except the part that fell to New 

 Jersey on the settlement of the boundary. Like Orange County, 

 its first settlers were Dutch, and the first settlements were 

 probably made as early as 1680. 



A great number of stirring incidents are connected with the 

 early history of the town of Stony Point. The promontory of 

 Stony Point was fortified during the Revolution and was cap- 

 tured by the British. The Americans under General Wayne 

 recaptured it in one of the most daring and brilliant exploits of 

 the war. In this town is the house where Arnold and / ^dro 

 met while plotting for the delivery of West Point to the P>riLsh. 

 Andre's subsequent trial and execution took place in the southern 

 part of the county. 



Some sixty years ago large sums of money were spent in tin 



endeavor to raise the wreck of " one of Kidd's vessels " which 



was believed to be sunk near Caldwell's Landing, filled with 



treasure. 



DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY 



General farming has given way almost entirely to tru^k, fruit, 



dairy, and poultry farming. All the milk produced in the county, 



most of the truck crops, and much of the fruit and poultry 



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